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dangermousieThese are all mostly from the 'classic' movies of the late 1930s-1940s.
I just love black and white.
Behind the cut because there are over 30 pics here and I am trying to be kind to modem users. Definitely worth a look, though.
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland as a physician sold into slavery who becomes a pirate and the owner's niece who falls in love with him in the swashbuckling "Captain Blood:"
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert as a journalist and an escaped heiress in one of my all-time favorite movies, "It Happened One Night" (that won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Actor and Actress in 1934):
Robert Taylor and Lana Turner are a no-good gangster who just might develop a conscience and DA's daughter who falls for him in one of the earliest noirs, "Johnny Eager:"
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake as a hired killer and a woman he crosses paths with in "This Gun For Hire," the movie that made Ladd a star:
Ronald Colman (the man with the sexiest voice ever, IMO) as Sydney Carton in "Tale of Two Cities:"
James Cagney and the woman whose name I don't know in "The Roaring Twenties:"
Rita Hayworth as a slutty socialite and Tyrone Power as a doomed bullfighter in the spectacular (and actually in color) "Blood and Sand:"
Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Hitchcock's "Saboteur:"
Jean Arthur tries to bring Gary Cooper out of his despair in "Mr. Deeds goes to Town:"
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake (again. I like them) as a WWII veteran suspected of murder and the woman who believes him in "The Blue Dahlia:"
Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier are the haunted Maxim de Winter and his second wife in Hitchcock's Best Picture winner "Rebecca:"
Jimmy Stewart is an idealistic young Senator in one of my all-time favorites "Mr Smith Goes to Washington:"
Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in the gorgeous "Laura:"
Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame as a pair of lovers torn apart by suspicion in "In a Lonely Place:"
Lawrence Olivier and Merle Oberon are Heathcliff and Cathy in my favorite adaptation of "Wuthering Heights:"
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stawyck rediscover conscience and try to fight corruption in "Meet John Doe," the last of Capra's trilogy:
John Garfield and Lana Turner are sinful, doomed lovers in the classic noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice:"
Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in my favorite Hemingway adaptation, "For Whom the Bell Tolls." They were personally approved by Hemingway himself:
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are a pair of cynical idealists in "To Have and Have Not:"
Charles Boyer and Bette Davis conduct one of the most passionate movie affairs as a tormented Duc and a shabby governess, all without any kissing or confession of love in "All This and Heaven Too:"
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock's "Notorious:"
Ray Milland in his Oscar-winning performance of an alcoholic on a bender in the still-uncomfortable "Lost Weekend:"
Robert Walker and Judy Garland in one of my favorite underrated movies, "The Clock" about a GI who has a 48-hour pass and a girl he meets in NYC:
Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh as doomed WWI lovers in "Waterloo Bridge:"
Fredric March (one of my favorite actors and a 2-time Oscar winner) and some minor supporting actress in the first version of "The Star is Born:"
Jennifer Jones:
Glenn Ford and Gloria Graham in the noir classic "The Big Heat:"
Paul Henreid and Bette Davis in the romance classic "Now, Voyager:"
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck (again). I have no idea if this is a promo for "Meet John Doe" or "Ball of Fire" but I love it either way:
Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in the first-ever version of "Love Affair:"
Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the hilarious "The Philadelphia Story:"
I just love black and white.
Behind the cut because there are over 30 pics here and I am trying to be kind to modem users. Definitely worth a look, though.
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland as a physician sold into slavery who becomes a pirate and the owner's niece who falls in love with him in the swashbuckling "Captain Blood:"
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert as a journalist and an escaped heiress in one of my all-time favorite movies, "It Happened One Night" (that won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Actor and Actress in 1934):
Robert Taylor and Lana Turner are a no-good gangster who just might develop a conscience and DA's daughter who falls for him in one of the earliest noirs, "Johnny Eager:"
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake as a hired killer and a woman he crosses paths with in "This Gun For Hire," the movie that made Ladd a star:
Ronald Colman (the man with the sexiest voice ever, IMO) as Sydney Carton in "Tale of Two Cities:"
James Cagney and the woman whose name I don't know in "The Roaring Twenties:"
Rita Hayworth as a slutty socialite and Tyrone Power as a doomed bullfighter in the spectacular (and actually in color) "Blood and Sand:"
Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Hitchcock's "Saboteur:"
Jean Arthur tries to bring Gary Cooper out of his despair in "Mr. Deeds goes to Town:"
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake (again. I like them) as a WWII veteran suspected of murder and the woman who believes him in "The Blue Dahlia:"
Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier are the haunted Maxim de Winter and his second wife in Hitchcock's Best Picture winner "Rebecca:"
Jimmy Stewart is an idealistic young Senator in one of my all-time favorites "Mr Smith Goes to Washington:"
Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in the gorgeous "Laura:"
Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame as a pair of lovers torn apart by suspicion in "In a Lonely Place:"
Lawrence Olivier and Merle Oberon are Heathcliff and Cathy in my favorite adaptation of "Wuthering Heights:"
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stawyck rediscover conscience and try to fight corruption in "Meet John Doe," the last of Capra's trilogy:
John Garfield and Lana Turner are sinful, doomed lovers in the classic noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice:"
Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in my favorite Hemingway adaptation, "For Whom the Bell Tolls." They were personally approved by Hemingway himself:
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are a pair of cynical idealists in "To Have and Have Not:"
Charles Boyer and Bette Davis conduct one of the most passionate movie affairs as a tormented Duc and a shabby governess, all without any kissing or confession of love in "All This and Heaven Too:"
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock's "Notorious:"
Ray Milland in his Oscar-winning performance of an alcoholic on a bender in the still-uncomfortable "Lost Weekend:"
Robert Walker and Judy Garland in one of my favorite underrated movies, "The Clock" about a GI who has a 48-hour pass and a girl he meets in NYC:
Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh as doomed WWI lovers in "Waterloo Bridge:"
Fredric March (one of my favorite actors and a 2-time Oscar winner) and some minor supporting actress in the first version of "The Star is Born:"
Jennifer Jones:
Glenn Ford and Gloria Graham in the noir classic "The Big Heat:"
Paul Henreid and Bette Davis in the romance classic "Now, Voyager:"
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck (again). I have no idea if this is a promo for "Meet John Doe" or "Ball of Fire" but I love it either way:
Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in the first-ever version of "Love Affair:"
Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the hilarious "The Philadelphia Story:"
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Date: 2005-09-09 01:27 am (UTC)Not sure this applies, but have you ever seen "Kind Hearts and Coronets"? It's a movie from 1949, starring Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kanobi, though you already know that), as both a man murdering his relatives to become duke, and all of the relatives. It really is a great movie, with a sort of twist at the end that I love. Sorry if you've already seen it and I'm just rambling. :)
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Date: 2005-09-09 01:30 am (UTC)I've heard of KH&C but haven't seen it...
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Date: 2005-09-09 04:48 am (UTC)I love TCM. If I could only have one channel, that would be it. AMC used to be good but now is unwatchable...
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Date: 2005-09-09 04:47 am (UTC)I think you would actually like a fair number of older movies. They are a lot more Bollywood than the modern ones...
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Date: 2005-09-09 05:31 am (UTC)But yeah, there are some scenes, like the one where the heroine meets her father again, that just scream BW to me, in retrospect.
And of course the scene with the enraged plebs drinking the wine flowing on the street was just extremely well done.
I actually got that movie for Marie Versini. Don't know if you remember her. She has a minor role as the faithfull servant girl, she and her father get sentenced to death too and she and the hero ride to the gallows together. She later went on to play in a bunch of important German movies, that's where I knew her and that's why I was curious for that movie.
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Date: 2005-09-09 02:13 pm (UTC)There's a reason she is unfamous >:
If you want me to rec some "classic" movies for you, I'd be
officious enoughglad to...I actually got that movie for Marie Versini. Don't know if you remember her.
I don't so now I'll keep an eye on her when I rewatch.
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Date: 2005-09-09 10:16 pm (UTC)There's a reason she is unfamous >:
The DVD I have has a very interesting Making Of (very interesting about the female director, or was it producer)? Seemed like they were very particular when they cast her. Maybe she was some sort of character actress? Or a theater one? I forgot. It's been a while since I have seen it. I did laugh at the story she told about the camera guy and director making her look at the rough prints of the scene where she meets her father, so she could see just how awful she was/what she had to change before they reshot the whole scene. There were even behind the set pictures of her looking at the film strip.
They also talked about how they had the chance back then to do it in color, but it was an artistic decision to do it in B&W.
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Date: 2005-09-09 06:01 am (UTC)I adore so many of these movies. But my favorites on the list? *looks* It Happened One Night. Classic. No undershirt. Gasp! ;) Saboteur, Rebecca, Notorious - all such brilliant Hitchcock films and so overshadowed by the famous ones (Psycho, the Birds, etc). Rebecca is one of my favorites. Laura, Wuthering Heights (guh), To Have and Have Not, Love Affair, and the incredibly wonderful Philadelphia Story. Classic movies are wonderful. Sad to say I don't own a single one of the above on DVD. Someday I hope I can remedy this.
There are some of these I've never heard of, too. Like the Judy Garland film...? I need to investigate!
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Date: 2005-09-09 02:11 pm (UTC)Not to mention they didn't look underfed! But yes, I just think they looked much more elegant and glamorous. And the men all wore suits which makes Dangermousie happy :)
It Happened One Night. Classic. No undershirt. Gasp! ;)
Heeee. I love their "pretend fight" to fool the police. So hilarious. And the walls of Jericho :P
Saboteur, Rebecca, Notorious
I atually like those better than the more famous ones (except for Vertigo, which is just the best). I'd also add Foreign Correspondent, Lifeboat and 39 Steps to that list. So good!
Wuthering Heights (guh)
"Haunt me, then!...Drive me mad. Only do not leave me" (paraphrase). Guh Guh Guh Guh...
Like the Judy Garland film...?
It's one of my favorites because it's not only really romantic but it feels very real. It's the only non-musical she ever made :)
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Date: 2005-09-10 08:56 pm (UTC)And yes, the men wearing suits. Yummy. This makes Elvensapphire happy, too. ;)
I atually like those better than the more famous ones Oh, so do I! Not that the famous ones aren't good (I like both Vertigo and Rear Window, mainly because Jimmy Stewart was such an incredible actor; and To Catch a Thief - Cary Grant!), but there's something more...hmm...suspenseful, maybe? About his early b&w films.
Wuthering Heights has some of the most gorgeous, romantic, and utterly heartbreaking dialogue in it. Lots of guh with you.
Is that really the only non-musical Judy made?! Wow. I need to try and find it!
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Date: 2005-09-09 02:20 pm (UTC)I'm glad to find someone who likes the film too! My bf hates classic films, I love them!
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